The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-06-11

A correspondent of the Chicago
News, writing from the City of Mex
leo, says: Senior Mariscal, the Mex
ican minister Of foreign affairs, has
addressed letter to the United
States legation in answer to several
communication from Mr.. Jackson,
the former minister from the United
States, giving the results of an Off
cial investigation by the Mexican
government into the circumstances
of the killing of Captain Crawford
Of the United States army, Fourth
cavalry, by a body of Mexican
troops while he was in pursuit of a
band of Apache Indians.
"From the judicial and military
investigations made by the Mexi-
can government" writes Senor Ma
riscal, sit appears that the Apache
Chiricahua Indians had invaded
the state of Chihuahua, stealing
quite number of cattle and MUIR
dering several Mexicans, as attested
by reliable witnesses; that Mauricio
Corredor, a citizen of said state, in
order to defend his home, raised
about one hundred and twenty vol
unteers to pursue the Indians; that
he found their trail and followed it
till the 10th of January, and at
daybreak on the following morning
attacked the Indians, who we've
entrenched in the rocks to the num-
ber of two hundred and fifty or
more. The fight lasted about one
hour, during which time Mauricio
Corredor, the commander of the
Mexican band of volunteers, was
killed. with four Mexicans, and
several others were badly wounded.
"Just about the end of the battle
an American young man, without
any uniform or military insignia
whatever, came out of the rocks
and told the Mexicans they were
fighting the United States troops,
and not hostile Indians. The firing
was at once stopped, and it was not
afterward renewed, as alleged by
Lieutenant Maus. Captain Craw-
ford had already been killed before
the firing ceased, but as soon as the
Mexicans realized what had hap
pened they expressed their sincere
sorrow for the unfortunate mistake,
while the Americans likewise ex-
pressed their regret at the death of
Corredor. The Indians who were
attacked on that day are the same
who committed the raids afOremen-
toned on Mexican territory. They
were dressed just like the hostile
Indians and had in their posses
sion the stolen cattle, which they
refused to restore, Notwithstanding
formal demand was made for it
by the Mexicans. 1t is not true
that Captain Crawford waived a
white handkerchief when the fight
commenced.
"The Americans wore no uni
forms or insignia of any character
whatever, nor did they show any
proof of being what they represented
themselves to be, except single
scrap of paper written upon with a
pencil. The cattle found in pos
session of the Indians were recog-
nized by the Mexicans as belonging
to some farmers in Chihuahua, c from
whom they had been stolen. The
agreement allowing the regular
troops only of either country to
cross the boundary in pursuit of
hostile Indians did not contemplate
that Indians without uniforms or
other military insignia should come
into Mexico, where they have COM
mitted so many raids, and then
succeeded in returning to their res
ervations as innocent men, and fed
and clothed by the United States
government"
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